March 2023 College News

FACULTY ACCOLADES Stephanie Dailey welcomed Elissa Fontenot, Assistant Director of Digital at Texas State University to her “Social Media in Organizations” class as a guest speaker. Students learned about Elissa's past and current work in social media, received career advice, and got more information about social media policy. Elizabeth Eger presented a guest lecture, "Ethnographies of difference-based organizing and organizational identities" via Zoom for The University of Texas at San Antonio. She presented a poster at the Texas State University Health Scholar Showcase with doctoral student Rex Long , master's student Britney Treviño , and Melinda Villagran called “Using Copewell to Build Community Resilience in Texas.” Elizabeth and her COMM 5303 M.A. students also practiced qualitative participant observation in a field activity on the Texas State University quad and at Old Main. [1] Kristen Farris co-authored an article with M.A. alum Ifeoluwatobi Odunsi entitled, "Enacting preventative behavior during a pandemic: The role of health beliefs, information source credibility, and health literacy." The paper was accepted for publication in a special issue of American Behavioral Scientist focused on health communication and the COVID-19 pandemic. 1 2 3 Elizabeth Eger's COMM 5303 students Manu Pokharel presented at the Health Scholar Showcase Heather Poulsen presented her competitive paper at the Western States Communication Association in Phoenix 6 | March | College News COMMUNICATION STUDIES Communication Studies, Health Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Leadership Studies, Organizational Communication, Persuasive Communication, Political Communication, & Teacher Certif ication in Communication Studies